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Thursday, June 30, 2016

"...educating people so that they can make better choices."

LIFT-RUN-BANG: Why we won't or can't fix the problem of obesity in America: "Right now, there's no one single answer to fixing the problem of obesity in America. It would require a massive social and ideological shift in order for change to happen. Jobs would need to stop asking for 50+ hour weeks. A huge emphasis on the importance of the nuclear family would have to be put at the forefront again (buh bye feminism), kids would need more time for activity both at school, and at home where parents would need to stop hovering over them and being overly protective. In other words, they would need to be allowed to go outside and play unsupervised. I know, that's crazy talk but that's how normal people used to grow up. And emphasis on educating about food would need to be made starting at a young age by qualified individuals.

I'm against making franchises change their menu because that's wrong to me. I'm about educating people so that they can make better choices. Basically, we'd need to revisit our past in some ways and think that maybe our grandparents and great grandparents generation lived as long as they have because of the dynamics they grew up in, were pretty simple. You moved a lot, you played a lot, you worked a physical job, you went to Church on Sunday, you ate highly nutritious foods, you let your kids run around the neighborhood, and you didn't spend 30+ hours a week watching TV. There's really no simple answer here because the complexities in "solving" the obesity problem isn't singular by any means. It's complicated and layered in problems all the way from food selection to social habits to work, school, and family."